Notgeld fonts

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Worst part of these notes is trying to differentiate between an s and a g. Anybody have a primer on German and Austrian
fonts from the 20s
Ray Muniak Retired artist/sculptor . 79 years old. 4 children 10 grandchildren 2 great grandchildren. Also worked as a wood patternmaker (Foundry industry) for 27 years before becoming a full time artist.
I don't think they have a different way of writing than any other countries using the Latin alphabet. Do you have any examples of tricky texts? I could probably help you out.
Not sure what it is called >
Gothic
Blacletter
Fraktur

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_alphabet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackletter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraktur

Each has examples somewhere on the page.
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
It's actually fairly easy if you know German. The most confusing thing is that in German there were three different "s":
ſ (descending "s", can be confused easily with f)
ß (the double "s", or the eszett, sometimes spelt "ſz" or "ss")
s (the familiar "s")
Citeer: "ZacUK"​ Not sure what it is called >
​Gothic
​Blacletter
​Fraktur

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_alphabet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackletter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraktur

​ Each has examples somewhere on the page.
​I have no problem reading them.
Citeer: "stratocaster"​ſ (descending "s", can be confused easily with f)

​Also lower case k can look like ť.
The worst thing about Fraktur are the majuscule most of the minuscule maybe not k are easy to read even if you are unfamiliar with the script.
But yeah there are a multitude of different sub-fonts and the uppercase letters are the most elaborate and as such most difficult to adjust to.
It just takes time ... when I read a complete book in it, it became second nature.

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